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The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) likes to hang around the coast in oceans in many parts of the world, but not in the Philippines. So when this species of large mackerel shark was found on the beach of Barangay Lobbot, Dipaculao, Aurora on January 24, tourists and locals were surprised and it immediately attracted national attention. It wasn't the first time that this marine animal has been spotted in our waters, said non-government organization Marine Wildlife Watch of the Philippines, but it is the first time that local authorities can preserve parts of the specimen. For this re ...

On a recent mission to search for sunken World War II ships off Leyte Island in the Philippines, a rare sighting of a female bluntnose sixgill shark quickly captured the attention of the passengers aboard Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen?s research vessel the RV Petrel.

"In places like the Philippines we dont have any information on them," said Michael Heithaus, Dean of FIUs College of Arts, Sciences & Education. "And they are probably the dominant predator in those deep waters."

While exploring a World War II ship wreckage in Philippines earlier this month, crew members of Paul Allens research vessel (R/V) Petrel were caught by surprise when they spotted a large shark swimming out of the darkness. Using cameras on their remotely operated submersible vehicle, her crew zoomed in to catch a better look and were able to identified the species a bluntnose sixgill shark.

Reaching up to 15 feet long, the bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus) is one of the largest sharks in the world, but uncommon in the area. Reflecting primitive characteristics from the Triassic pe ...

After the victorious inclusion and uplisting of several shark species in the Appendices of the 12th Conference of Parties of the Convention on Migratory Species last 23-28 October 2017 in Manila, shark conservation continues to gain momentum in the Philippines.

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1. The Philippines has about 330 freshwater fish, including nine endemic genera and more than 65 endemic species, many of which are confined to single lakes. There are also several hundred tropical fish species found in the Philippines.